Nine philanthropic organisations have pledged more than $500 million over five years to prevent wildlife extinctions and help the world’s most threatened species recover. The Species Recovery Alliance was announced on October 16, 2026, ahead of the UN biodiversity conference in Yerevan, Armenia, bringing together the Bezos Earth Fund, founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and eight other organisations, including Rainforest Trust and Re. The initiative aims to coordinate conservation funding and expertise to support species recovery programmes worldwide. Rather than pooling the money into a single fund, the members will align their investments and work with local conservation partners. Their collective goal is to reverse population declines, help threatened species recover and restore the ecosystems on which wildlife depends.
Research cited by the alliance indicates that 57% of threatened species also require targeted conservation interventions to support their survival and recovery.
Wes Sechrest, co-founder and chief executive of Re, said the alliance was intended to make the recovery of threatened species a global conservation priority and ensure that organisations and local conservationists had the resources needed to carry out their work. The Species Recovery Alliance has nine founding members: Ayers Wild Cat Conservation Trust, Bezos Earth Fund, Colossal Foundation, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Fondation Segré, Franklinia Foundation, Rainforest Trust, Re and WildLives Earth. Together, they aim to support the measurable recovery of species classified as extinct in the wild, critically endangered or endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Protecting natural habitats remains essential, but habitat protection alone may not be enough to save every threatened species. The alliance aims to support these efforts with sustained investment, allowing conservation teams to carry out recovery programmes and assess their results over time. The Species Recovery Alliance comes as governments and conservation organisations face pressure to turn global biodiversity commitments into measurable results. Its progress will depend on how effectively members coordinate investments, support conservation teams and demonstrate improvements in the survival and recovery of threatened species over the next five years.